[email protected] schrieb am 20.07.2011 15:56:00:
> Mirko Vukovic <[email protected]>
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> [rhelv5-list] Updating driver for NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
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> I need to update the driver for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 card.
> The computer is a 64-bit RHEL5 from Dell.
> Dell does not have any driver updates.
>
>
> From the NVIDIA site I downloaded the .run file. I found
> instructions on GPUGrid.net:
> * Download the drivers from the NVIDIA website into a directory (for
> instance /tmp)
> * Press ctrl-alt-F1, a text login screen will appear
> * login as root
> * type "init 3" to stop the X server
> * type "sh NVIDIA....pkg.run" to install the driver from the
> directory where you had downloaded it
> * answer yes to all questions from the installer
> * type "init 5"
> * press "ctrl-alt-F7" to get back to X Windows
>
> From what I read on the web, the driver needs to be recompiled after
> each new kernel. How does one do that?
>
>
> But I also found a thread from this February on the kmod-nvidia
> packages on ElRepo that avoids the recompilation.
> Unfortunately, the FX 4600 card is not on the list (including the
> legacy ones).
>
> So it looks that my only option is to install the driver from NVIDIA?
>
> Any other thoughts?
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> Thanks,
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> Mirko
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Hi Mirko,
have you try it with http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia-173xx
I think it should work with all Quadro FX Cards,
Greeting
Andreas
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